diff --git a/searx/templates/__common__/about.html b/searx/templates/__common__/about.html
index 72c7b133f..96ebab28a 100644
--- a/searx/templates/__common__/about.html
+++ b/searx/templates/__common__/about.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <p>More about SearXNG ...</p>
 
   <ul>
-    <li><a href="{{ brand.GIT_URL }}">github</a></li>
+    <li><a href="{{ get_setting('brand.git_url') }}">SearXNG sources</a></li>
     <li><a href="https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/searx/">transifex</a></li>
   </ul>
 
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
     </li>
     <li>
       SearXNG is free software, the code is 100% open and you can help to make
-      it better.  See more on <a href="{{ brand.GIT_URL }}">github</a>.
+      it better.  See more on <a href="{{ get_setting('brand.git_url')
+      }}">SearXNG sources</a>.
     </li>
   </ul>
 
@@ -80,10 +81,11 @@
 
   <p>
     SearXNG appreciates your concern regarding logs, so take the code from
-    the <a href="{{ brand.GIT_URL }}">SearXNG project</a> and run it yourself!
+    the <a href="{{ get_setting('brand.git_url') }}">SearXNG project</a> and
+    run it yourself!
   </p>
   <p>
-    Add your instance to this <a href="{{ brand.PUBLIC_INSTANCES }}"> list of
+    Add your instance to this <a href="{{ get_setting('brand.public_instances') }}"> list of
     public instances</a> to help other people reclaim their privacy and make the
     Internet freer!  The more decentralized the Internet is, the more freedom we
     have!
@@ -92,8 +94,8 @@
   <h2>Where are the docs & code of this instance?</h2>
 
   <p>
-    See the <a href="{{ brand.DOCS_URL }}">{{ brand.DOCS_URL }}</a>
-    and <a href="{{ brand.GIT_URL }}">{{ brand.GIT_URL }}</a>
+    See the <a href="{{ get_setting('brand.docs_url') }}">SearXNG docs</a>
+    and <a href="{{ get_setting('brand.git_url') }}">SearXNG sources</a>
   </p>
 
 </div>
diff --git a/searx/templates/__common__/new_issue.html b/searx/templates/__common__/new_issue.html
index 1b28804af..c741a049f 100644
--- a/searx/templates/__common__/new_issue.html
+++ b/searx/templates/__common__/new_issue.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{% macro new_issue(new_issue_url, engine_name, engine_reliability) %}
-<form action="{{ new_issue_url }}" method="GET">
+{% macro new_issue(engine_name, engine_reliability) %}
+<form action="{{ get_setting('brand.new_issue_url') }}" method="GET">
     <input name="title" type="hidden" value="Bug: {{ engine_name }} engine">
     <input name="labels" type="hidden" value="bug">
     <input name="template" type="hidden" value="bug-report.md">
@@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ or manually by executing the searx/webapp.py file? -->
 {{-'\n  '}}* {{ test_name }}: {% for result in results%}`{{ result }}`,{% endfor -%}
 {%- endfor -%}
     </textarea>
-    <button type="submit" class="github-issue-button" title="{{ new_issue_url }}">{{ _('Submit a new issue on Github including the above information') }}</button>
+    <button type="submit" class="github-issue-button" title="{{ get_setting('brand.new_issue_url') }}">{{ _('Submit a new issue on Github including the above information') }}</button>
 </form>
 {% endmacro %}
diff --git a/searx/templates/oscar/base.html b/searx/templates/oscar/base.html
index b85f69fa9..cc716e62b 100644
--- a/searx/templates/oscar/base.html
+++ b/searx/templates/oscar/base.html
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@
             {% endblock %}
             <p class="text-muted">
                 <small>
-                    {{ _('Powered by') }} <a href="{{ brand.DOCS_URL }}">searxng</a> - {{ searx_version }} - {{ _('a privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine') }}<br/>
-                    <a href="{{ brand.GIT_URL }}">{{ _('Source code') }}</a> |
-                    <a href="{{ brand.ISSUE_URL }}">{{ _('Issue tracker') }}</a> |
-                    <a href="{{ brand.PUBLIC_INSTANCES }}">{{ _('Public instances') }}</a>{% if brand.CONTACT_URL %} |
-                    <a href="{{ brand.CONTACT_URL }}">{{ _('Contact instance maintainer') }}</a>{% endif %}
+                    {{ _('Powered by') }} <a href="{{ get_setting('brand.docs_url') }}">SearXNG</a> - {{ searx_version }} - {{ _('a privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine') }}<br/>
+                    <a href="{{ get_setting('brand.git_url') }}">{{ _('Source code') }}</a> |
+                    <a href="{{ get_setting('brand.issue_url') }}">{{ _('Issue tracker') }}</a> |
+                    <a href="{{ get_setting('brand.public_instances') }}">{{ _('Public instances') }}</a>{% if get_setting('general.contact_url') %} |
+                    <a href="{{ get_setting('general.contact_url') }}">{{ _('Contact instance maintainer') }}</a>{% endif %}
                 </small>
             </p>
         </div>
diff --git a/searx/templates/oscar/messages/no_results.html b/searx/templates/oscar/messages/no_results.html
index 7ad6423c5..fe8e39d33 100644
--- a/searx/templates/oscar/messages/no_results.html
+++ b/searx/templates/oscar/messages/no_results.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         </a> ){{- '' -}}
     </p>
     {%- endfor -%}
-    <p><small>{{ _('Please, try again later or find another searx instance.') }} (<a href="{{ brand.PUBLIC_INSTANCES }}">{{ _('Public instances') }}</a>)</small></p>
+    <p><small>{{ _('Please, try again later or find another searx instance.') }} (<a href="{{ get_setting('brand.public_instances') }}">{{ _('Public instances') }}</a>)</small></p>
 </div>
 {% else %}
 <div class="alert alert-info fade in" role="alert">
diff --git a/searx/templates/oscar/stats.html b/searx/templates/oscar/stats.html
index d9b2ab68e..4be8043ff 100644
--- a/searx/templates/oscar/stats.html
+++ b/searx/templates/oscar/stats.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% extends 'oscar/base.html' %}
-{% from '__common__/new_issue.html' import new_issue %}
+{% from '__common__/new_issue.html' import new_issue with context %}
 
 {% block title %}{{ _('stats') }} - {% if selected_engine_name %} {{ selected_engine_name }} - {% endif %}{% endblock %}
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
                     {% endfor %}
                 </table>
             {% endif %}
-            {{ new_issue(brand.NEW_ISSUE_URL, selected_engine_name, engine_reliabilities[selected_engine_name]) }}
+            {{ new_issue(selected_engine_name, engine_reliabilities[selected_engine_name]) }}
         {% endif %}
         </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/searx/templates/simple/base.html b/searx/templates/simple/base.html
index 50cea045a..edf0eb6eb 100644
--- a/searx/templates/simple/base.html
+++ b/searx/templates/simple/base.html
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@
   <footer>
     <p>
     {{ _('Powered by') }} <a href="{{ url_for('about') }}">searxng</a> - {{ searx_version }} — {{ _('a privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine') }}<br/>
-        <a href="{{ brand.GIT_URL }}">{{ _('Source code') }}</a> |
-        <a href="{{ brand.ISSUE_URL }}">{{ _('Issue tracker') }}</a> |
-        <a href="{{ brand.PUBLIC_INSTANCES }}">{{ _('Public instances') }}</a>{% if brand.CONTACT_URL %} |
-        <a href="{{ brand.CONTACT_URL }}">{{ _('Contact instance maintainer') }}</a>{% endif %}
+        <a href="{{ get_setting('brand.git_url') }}">{{ _('Source code') }}</a> |
+        <a href="{{ get_setting('brand.issue_url') }}">{{ _('Issue tracker') }}</a> |
+        <a href="{{ get_setting('brand.public_instances') }}">{{ _('Public instances') }}</a>{% if get_setting('general.contact_url') %} |
+        <a href="{{ get_setting('general.contact_url') }}">{{ _('Contact instance maintainer') }}</a>{% endif %}
     </p>
   </footer>
   <!--[if gte IE 9]>-->
diff --git a/searx/templates/simple/messages/no_results.html b/searx/templates/simple/messages/no_results.html
index b7f02167e..845f3e21a 100644
--- a/searx/templates/simple/messages/no_results.html
+++ b/searx/templates/simple/messages/no_results.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   </p>
   {%- endfor %}
 
-  <p><small>{{ _('Please, try again later or find another searx instance.') }} (<a href="{{ brand.PUBLIC_INSTANCES }}">{{ _('Public instances') }}</a>) </small></p>
+  <p><small>{{ _('Please, try again later or find another searx instance.') }} (<a href="{{ get_setting('brand.public_instances') }}">{{ _('Public instances') }}</a>) </small></p>
 </div>
 {% else %}
 <div class="dialog-error" role="alert">
diff --git a/searx/templates/simple/stats.html b/searx/templates/simple/stats.html
index 7058d04d4..f423b6861 100644
--- a/searx/templates/simple/stats.html
+++ b/searx/templates/simple/stats.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% from 'simple/macros.html' import icon %}
-{% from '__common__/new_issue.html' import new_issue %}
+{% from '__common__/new_issue.html' import new_issue with context %}
 
 {% extends "simple/base.html" %}
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
                 {% endfor %}
             </table>
         {% endif %}
-        {{ new_issue(brand.NEW_ISSUE_URL, selected_engine_name, engine_reliabilities[selected_engine_name]) }}
+        {{ new_issue(selected_engine_name, engine_reliabilities[selected_engine_name]) }}
     {% endif %}
 </div>
 
diff --git a/searx/webapp.py b/searx/webapp.py
index 4d838062b..09c0643be 100755
--- a/searx/webapp.py
+++ b/searx/webapp.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ from flask_babel import (
 )
 
 from searx import logger
-from searx import brand
+from searx import get_setting
 from searx import (
     settings,
     searx_debug,
@@ -473,11 +473,9 @@ def render(template_name, override_theme=None, **kwargs):
     kwargs['search_formats'] = [
         x for x in settings['search']['formats'] if x != 'html'
     ]
-
-    # brand
-    kwargs['instance_name'] = settings['general']['instance_name']
+    kwargs['instance_name'] = get_setting('general.instance_name')
     kwargs['searx_version'] = VERSION_STRING
-    kwargs['brand'] = brand
+    kwargs['get_setting'] = get_setting
 
     # helpers to create links to other pages
     kwargs['url_for'] = url_for_theme  # override url_for function in templates
@@ -1323,9 +1321,9 @@ def config():
         'default_theme': settings['ui']['default_theme'],
         'version': VERSION_STRING,
         'brand': {
-            'CONTACT_URL': brand.CONTACT_URL,
-            'GIT_URL': brand.GIT_URL,
-            'DOCS_URL': brand.DOCS_URL
+            'CONTACT_URL': get_setting('general.contact_url'),
+            'GIT_URL': get_setting('brand.git_url'),
+            'DOCS_URL': get_setting('brand.docs_url'),
         },
         'doi_resolvers': list(settings['doi_resolvers'].keys()),
         'default_doi_resolver': settings['default_doi_resolver'],